Mistake on Civil War Soldier’s Gravestone?

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There’s a military mystery at Chalmette National Cemetery, this Memorial Day.

In Section 56 at the Chalmette National Cemetery sits one soldier’s gravestone that’s raising eyebrows. What’s etched on Civil War Army soldier, William McCann’s headstone is what has visitors to the Cemetery scratching their heads.

It reads that McCann was born on December 31st in 1887 and died on December 25th in 1881. That would make his age approximately, negative 6, which is obviously impossible.